Nepal Court Orders Government To Stay Action Against Hindu Temple Treasury Pending Resolution of Lawsuit

A single -judge panel of Nepal's Supreme Court yesterday ordered the government's culture ministry to take no further action regarding the assets of one of the oldest Hindu temples in the country pending resolution of a challenge to the government's order for the temple to disclose the assets.  Sify News reports that a committee of the culture ministry that was formed to examine the assets of temples ordered Pashupatinath Temple to reveal its now secret assets so they can be sent to banks and museums for safekeeping.  A Hindu activist who brought the court challenge says he is not opposed to protecting the temple's assets, but it should be done by a new law and not by the current interim government.